Honda Insight

use. Hybrid electric vehicles act as a bridge between traditional electric vehicles. While technologies are still being developed to extend the range that one can get out of one charge on an electric vehicle, the hybrid steps in with efforts to save the environment and your pocket too.

While hybrids are expensive to buy, hybrids like the Insight make up for their cost in the long run with fuel consumption ranging around 4,5l per 100km. Battery packs are however, expensive to replace when they need to be replaced. In our third world country where hybrids come as Grey imports, one would have to import the battery packs when they die, setting them back a few thousands of the greenback. These battery packs do not come cheap.

Honda managed to do what Toyota couldn’t do on the Prius and that is to reduce as much weight as possible. The Insight weighs in at a lowly 850kg and can only accommodate 2 people at a time. It might sound like it’s a bit selfish but if you are going to save on that fuel bill then you are going to have to be a bit selfish.

The Insight will prove a bit of challenge when it comes to acquiring parts and replacing batteries when the need arises but be that as it may, think of it this way, if you run out of fuel, you have batteries and an electric motor to take you to the next filling station. Till next time . . . Happy Motoring folks!

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